Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/10/30

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Subject: [Leica] Raw MM Files
From: john at mcmaster.co.nz (John McMaster)
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2012 04:48:59 +0000
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I prefer to see them as they leave the camera, some come out contrasty 
depending on the light/subject

john

-----Original Message-----

We're just talking about how they pop up when you first see them. Never 
would you just leave them that way. But its supposed to get you a little bit 
close.

Mark William Rabiner


> 
> Odd, I have not done all my MM images the same way and not sure why I 
> would want to?
> 
> john
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> 
> Just slide the magic slider froggy to the place in which you think it 
> looks like you want it to look when you first see it and save that as the 
> default.
> "Save New Camera Raw Defaults" at the tiny arrow on the right.
> Then all your images which you've not done anything to yet will shift to 
> that.
> And all the ones you are going to do will come up that way in the first 
> place.
> Its like working with dream negs. The negs of our dreams. That we 
> thought would exist in the year 2525.
> 
> Mark William Rabiner
> 
> 
>> I don't have much experience to compare in regards to digital capture 
>> & post processing, but I can say that the MM images which I have 
>> taken are significantly easier to process to a level that I like than 
>> any of the p&s files or film scans that I have.
>> 
>> And yes, as John said in his reply, the raw files can seem low 
>> contrast but what you can do with those sliders is fantastic...
>> 
>> Jay
>> 
>> On 10/30/2012 6:23 PM, Frank Filippone wrote:
>>> I downloaded the images, used LR.  They appear a bit low contrast to 
>>> me, so I twiddled a few sliders.
>>> 
>>> I can not imagine what this is going to be like with the 50 ASPH 
>>> Summicron......
>>> 
>>> Boy do I wish I had an extra $7K to spare............
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Frank Filippone
>>> Red735i at verizon.net
>>> 


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